Wildfire near General Carneiro (Aug 26)
Started on Aug 26, 2026.
Brazil todayLiveSatellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 530-hectare (1,310-acre) active wildfire burning near General Carneiro in Brazil, where 21 thermal anomalies have been detected over the past 48 hours to map the spread of the front. The blaze began on August 26, 2026, advancing through a landscape situated within a typical fire season that spans from August to October.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 4,028,111 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that remains 87 percent below the two-decade average for the same period.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Brazil
Across Brazil, roughly 5,122,677 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 83% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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